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[jnelsoninjax]

I was just reading an article that showed Facebook as being the most hatted company in the world, and I thought I would poll everyone and see if Facebook has become a total must have in peoples everyday life. I personally do not have a account nor do I ever plan on getting one. I fell that I do not need to use Facebook just to play stupid games, chat with friends/family or anything else. If I want to chat with a friend or family member I would pick up the phone and call them. I am interested in what people who use Facebook use it for, and for us who do not have one, I would be curious to the reasoning.

[sanctified]

I need to use facebook because it makes easy for me to communicate with my students and professional contacts. I make a private facebook group for each classroom, that way I can update them all at once.

In the other hand my facebook bookmark access my profile directly, Im not interested in all the crap people post in the news feed.

[metallithrax]

sanctified, on 02 May 2012 - 20:10, said:

I need to use facebook because it makes easy for me to communicate with my students and professional contacts. I make a private facebook group for each classroom, that way I can update them all at once.

In the other hand my facebook bookmark access my profile directly, Im not interested in all the crap people post in the news feed.

So you don't actually NEED to use Facebook, it just makes things easier for you.

[Max Norris]

Nope. Had one for a while, but the annoyances piled up quick and cancelled it. Between Twitter, Skype and regular mail just haven't had the need or desire.

[srbeen]

I really hope everyone knows that everything they type on facebook is being used against them.. targeting ads, billboards, telemarketers, etc.
Regardless of public, private, chats, IM, VM, pokes or whatever Facebook and its 'teams' as well as hackers have more infos than YOU even have on yourself. (yes, your friend circles link every word with every other word)

even though I personally don't have a FB account, I can assure you that facebook knows more on me due to my friends talking about me and posting pictures Im in than I probably do.

https://www.youtube....h?v=DE9IchvpOPk that explains my views well.... (well, if you skip to 1:05)

[srbeen]

sanctified, on 02 May 2012 - 20:10, said:

I need to use facebook because it makes easy for me to communicate with my students and professional contacts. I make a private facebook group for each classroom, that way I can update them all at once.

In the other hand my facebook bookmark access my profile directly, Im not interested in all the crap people post in the news feed.

How did you ever survive before facebook, or computers??? I also take it you never used anything like teacherweb.com? (commerical site but you get the drift)
Do you have any problems of students without computers, internet, or facebook?

[Xerax]

I have it but now a days I only use it for FBChat (Which I use MSN for). Or for looking at lulzy stuff the 4chan page posts.

And the occasional troll of a dumb girl that goes to my old college.

[Amarok]

Max Norris, on 02 May 2012 - 20:16, said:

Nope. Had one for a while, but the annoyances piled up quick and cancelled it. Between Twitter, Skype and regular mail just haven't had the need or desire.

This except instead of canceling it I just have it active, I just add people that nag me about it and forget about them. Haven't posted anything on Facebook in well over a year now. Heh.

[+Mephistopheles]

Yes, I do. For the occasional status update and to keep in touch with friends.

[+littleneutrino]

Yes i have an account I generally use it as a way of knowing what is going on in people i knows lives as i tend to not get out much or talk to people. Lets me keep "Social" without actually having to risk going outside.

[srbeen]

littleneutrino, on 02 May 2012 - 20:25, said:

Yes i have an account I generally use it as a way of knowing what is going on in people i knows lives as i tend to not get out much or talk to people. Lets me keep "Social" without actually having to risk going outside.

Best. Reply. Ever.

[Charisma]

I've had an account since I was in university, but didn't really use it until I moved away from that area and wanted/needed to keep in touch with some of the folks from there. I don't like or use Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, etc so I have a few photo albums I update with my art or random "Mobile Uploads" for those on my list who want to see them, which I acknowledge probably isn't many. To be honest, I'll probably delete the account if I get forced to Timeline, since it's hideous and confusing and slows my otherwise more-than-competent setup to a crawl.

[Brian Miller]

I don't use Facebook and my GF has over 5 accounts. I guess the average user of FB has more than one account. This makes FB's 1 billion users declaration somewhat incorrect.

I am guessing the average person has 3 of more accounts, some ever logging in, with lots of people dying this makes the active user accounts on FB a lot lower than 1 billion. I'd says if FB was honest, they have about 200K active users.

[Charisma]

Brian Miller, on 02 May 2012 - 20:33, said:

I don't use Facebook and my GF has over 5 accounts. I guess the average user of FB has more than one account. This makes FB's 1 billion users declaration somewhat incorrect.

I am guessing the average person has 3 of more accounts, some ever logging in, with lots of people dying this makes the active user accounts on FB a lot lower than 1 billion. I'd says if FB was honest, they have about 200K active users.

Wait, what? Really? Why would you need more than one account?

[sanctified]

metallithrax, on 02 May 2012 - 20:14, said:

So you don't actually NEED to use Facebook, it just makes things easier for you.

I NEED it since most of my students are teenagers. The best way to communicate with a target population it's using their tools.

srbeen, on 02 May 2012 - 20:18, said:

How did you ever survive before facebook, or computers???

Because I was a child, not a teacher. I just recently starting educating people. Facebook it's free and it's what they use all day.